Edward Wyatt

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Edward Wyatt (d. 1681)

Mary Unknown (d. 1705)

Edward Wyatt died on 14 February 1680 in Dorchester. [1] His widow died on 6 February 1705, age 94. [1]

Old widow Wyatt was a midwife, said (perhaps with some exaggeration) to have assisted at the births of over 1,100 children. [1]

Edward Whyatt made his will on 9 (12) 1680. He left his wife Mary his estate for life. After her decease it was to go to his son Nathaniel and Nathaniel was to pay his sister Waitstill 20 pounds after the death of his mother. His witnesses testified on 28 April 1681. Inventory was taken on 26 February 1680/[1?]; it amounted to about 200 pounds. Mary Wyatt, his executrix, made oath to it on 28 April 1681. [2]

Children of Edward Wyatt:

i. Nathaniel Wyatt was baptized on 2 (5) 1648. He died by 22 December 1718. He married first Joanna Spurr. He married second the widow Mary Corbin.

ii. Edward Wyatt

In 1690 Edward was one of a company of soldiers was raised in the town for an expedition against Canada. Most of the men never returned. Most of those who were lost died at sea or perished of sickness and accidents. [3]

iii. Waitstill Wyatt was baptized on 2 (1) 1654 in Dorchester. She died on 8 January 1728. She married Captain Thomas Vose, the son of Robert Vose . [4][5]

Endnotes

1. "Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825," (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1891). Edward the Son of Nathaniel Wyat was born the 5th (mo:8) 1671. “the Ould widow Wiate Bing 94 years of age and on that hade Layd do many woman tha shee was instrmintall for the bringing into the world on thousand on hundred and ode Children Died the 6 of Febe 1705.”

2. "Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, case 1173.

3. Worcester Antiquarian and Historical Society, History of the Town of Dorchester (Boston: Ebenezer Clapp, Jr., 1859): 255–6.

4. Records of the First Church at Dorchester, (Boston: George H. Ellis, 1891).

5. Ellen Vose, Robert Vose and his Descendants (Boston, privately printed, 1932), 17–18.

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